Magic Medicine
Synopsis
Over 4 years, filmmaker Monty Wates was given exclusive access to the first ever medical trial to give psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms) to a group of volunteers suffering from clinical depression.
His remarkable film follows three of the volunteers and their families, and the ambitious staff running the trial, who are hoping this controversial treatment will have the power to transform millions of lives.
With deeply moving footage of the “trips” the patients go on, this intimate film is an absorbing portrait of the human cost of depression, and the inspirational people contributing to groundbreaking psychedelic research.
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 79 mins
- Director
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Monty Wates 1st Feature
- Producer
- Monty Wates
- Executive Producer
- Lizzie Gillett
- Editor
- John Mister
- Director of Photography
- Monty Wates
- Sound
- Chris White
Categories
Production Status
Sales Company
Dartmouth Films
Matt HirdSomerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
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